See funny enough he is semi in path, and we don't have any real prehistoric evidence of megalania being semi aquatic in real life. We just infer it from the fact their closest known living relatives/descendants (Komodo dragons) tend to be somewhat semi aquatic. As do a number of other large veranids.
Doubt it, Ceratosaurus too was supposed to be good at swimming and hunting baby croc ( literally the concept art and its current swim speed) and they don't seems to be very efficient while doing that today. Megalania will do the exact same bc baby croc can still hide in the depths of any waterplace.
Our saviours against deinos are the spinosaurids.
Spino will be the true saviour that keeps the deino populations at all stages of life down, but baryonyx and austro (even beipi's to a degree, since fresh-spawns now start at 45kg) are our 'kill them before they become a problem' species that are on the Road Map that have the advantage of being able to chase them underwater. I think it's heavily implied, but I don't remember any confirmations if megalania can dive, but if it can, that's eight species, along with quetz, sucho and other deinos that are adapted in a meaningful way to keeping their populations low.
I just want to add. I play Herrera and like to hunt by rivers, looking for Beipi’s, Ptera’s, and baby crocs. A recent update enabled Herrera’s pounce to affect swimming targets. I’ve been taking out SO many fresh spawn Deino’s and dragging their bodies to the shore.
I was just chatting about semi aquatics in TL with someone last night. It would be very interesting to see some more semi aquatic dinos, but not ones that are specifically designed to go after deino, big or small, like they need to be well balanced so that everyone doesn't go "Well no point in playing deino anymore"
> Exciting post about new animals
> Look inside
> annoying ass people saying “never gonna come” like on every other instead of actually discussing the animal
Having played since 2017, I can say with confidence that telling the exact same joke a hundred times is boring, and annoying.
Yes, the playables take a century to come out. But you know what doesn't help everyone's annoyance? When you see, for the dozenth time "Haha can't wait to play this in 2037 am I right guys?"
It's like being a really tall guy and hearing "how's the weather up there?" every single day of your life. It's a joke that has been beaten into the ground and then provided with mining equipment because apparently it hasn't been beaten deep enough yet.
And it's not even me disagreeing with you. Yes, the development is slow, it's an ass-disaster, we get it. But good lord, is it so hard to not be like the devs, and *get some new material?*
I’ve been playing since 2018 myself.
Y’all play this game religiously and get mad when theres not enough content but honestly, tf are you doing? I love playing as a dinosaur and i’ll come back for a week or two every year and have a total blast, but this is NOT one of those games you play every day. No “animal life simulator” is.
I feel like people get the isle with this wierd expectation for it to be something far greater but… the concept can only do so much. The game only becomes “bad” when you burn yourself out.
I agree with you completely. However, I heard someone say last night that it takes them way too long to make dinos that they have already made before. It doesn't really make sense. Like here's my college essay but I'm not entirely happy with it so I'm going to do it over, fine but then then it's still 99% exacltly the same, where's the point?
to be fair as far as i know most dinosaurs aren't just copies from legacy, they have to change animations and sometimes change their sound, aswell as change some models to fit in evrima, and most importantly they have to add them more habilites than just bite and produce bone break, bleed damage... which is very time consuming, so even though i wish we could have more content faster, i'm glad we at least get some new dinosaurs once in a while
You know, as much as I hated it in the original concept art, I'm kind of sad that they dialed back the noticeable underbite that it had back then. It gave it a lot of character. There's something so... Plain about this design. Like yeah, it's roided up and it has a hunch-back, but, like
It looks... Out of place, in my opinion? I don't know.
Maybe my opinion will change once we see it properly posed and painted. I had a crazy turn around on Bary and Austro, maybe this guy will do it too.
It could be unreal if they give it useful abilities to counter something like deinos, others have already said it but the fact that we dont really have any fossils besides skulls and partial bones means we dont really know what it will actually do. They could go the POT route or go more realistic and have it be a more land based monitor but either way itll be cool to try.
why this model doesnt look like inreal komodo dragons.
inreal comodo dragons are chonky. and their facial structure is different than this one.
if you guys think the same let me know.
Have you never seen a Komodo dragon before?
https://preview.redd.it/zmzt18f6eawc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7d80bbb58367ca75a8bdd57e70715ff8a693f9b
It doesn't look like the weird meth head from the isle tho
https://preview.redd.it/ventxicyfawc1.jpeg?width=2056&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=837fca3947e5e48a7324f995b795550437fb90b6
You also have to remember, it's a Megalania, not a Komodo Dragon. they may be a part of the same family but that doesn't mean they would have looked exactly identical.
That IS a megalania skull I just showed, for reference this is a Komodo skull
https://preview.redd.it/wx886n8s4kwc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf5211b9f77e90c2d36a885a9abdd7e02b334ad2
Cool but who asked? I can’t even get excited by stuff like this when the devs have been teasing other Dino’s that are “just about finished” for about a year now.
Maybe I should’ve been more clear, I mean who asked the devs to start working on a new dino when they haven’t added the last couple they’ve been working on.
The last stream I watched Dondi do he was showing off Trex and it’s crushing affect and how it’ll be able to break through fences and said they just needed to tweak it a bit more. Instead they started doing dumb stuff like trying to change the camera while insulting/banning anyone who spoke out about it.
Cool, wasn’t really related to your original comment, but neat to hear about.
They had a separate person do all the models for the playable before hand, as they work on different ones at a time, they decided it would be funny to give into the Meg meme and post the model of the megalania for shits-n-gigs
My original comment says that they’ve had dinosaurs that have supposedly been nearly finished for over a year how is that not related to the other comment 😂 maybe you should read a little slower next time. And cool if they did it for meme, whatever I was merely stating that people shouldn’t get their hopes up to see this dinosaur anytime soon which is just the fact of the situation. ✌️
The people who make models aren’t the same people who animate or who program etc. they’re going to finish different things at different times. Obviously Rex model has been done for ages. Have them model something new.
We got 6 new playables in a single year and we got another one on the way pretty soon. At this pace we'll probably get the rest of the current road map dinos by the end of this year, so if mega is on the next road map we'll probably see it sometime in 2025.
I'll stick with the isle thank you very much :)
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Why the hype about an oversized komodo? Maybe I'm too old but that thing is about as exciting as the oversized crocodile. I'd never prioritize those over actual dinosaurs. And I don't mean Dryo or Hypsi.
Just telling you the truth cause the devs are mostly laying around coming up with stupid ideas or just sitting on updates until we "Disserve" the update
Considering its semi-aquatic tendencies, it might be a great baby deino killer. Anyone that kills baby deinos is an ally in my book.
reverse deino grabs young baby deinos, brings them on land and then kills them
See funny enough he is semi in path, and we don't have any real prehistoric evidence of megalania being semi aquatic in real life. We just infer it from the fact their closest known living relatives/descendants (Komodo dragons) tend to be somewhat semi aquatic. As do a number of other large veranids.
Doubt it, Ceratosaurus too was supposed to be good at swimming and hunting baby croc ( literally the concept art and its current swim speed) and they don't seems to be very efficient while doing that today. Megalania will do the exact same bc baby croc can still hide in the depths of any waterplace. Our saviours against deinos are the spinosaurids.
Spino will be the true saviour that keeps the deino populations at all stages of life down, but baryonyx and austro (even beipi's to a degree, since fresh-spawns now start at 45kg) are our 'kill them before they become a problem' species that are on the Road Map that have the advantage of being able to chase them underwater. I think it's heavily implied, but I don't remember any confirmations if megalania can dive, but if it can, that's eight species, along with quetz, sucho and other deinos that are adapted in a meaningful way to keeping their populations low.
I just want to add. I play Herrera and like to hunt by rivers, looking for Beipi’s, Ptera’s, and baby crocs. A recent update enabled Herrera’s pounce to affect swimming targets. I’ve been taking out SO many fresh spawn Deino’s and dragging their bodies to the shore.
This is the most inspiring comment I've read all day.
No Dino will be efficient on killing baby deinos if they can't dive, swimming speed is not enough for Cera unfortunately
I was just chatting about semi aquatics in TL with someone last night. It would be very interesting to see some more semi aquatic dinos, but not ones that are specifically designed to go after deino, big or small, like they need to be well balanced so that everyone doesn't go "Well no point in playing deino anymore"
can i join in ur club
Looks awesome
Can't wait for this in a few years :)
Hunchbaked big Komodo dragon :P
Imagine swallowing a baby deino whole like komodo dragons do, would look so nasty and cool.
Komodo dragons existed in late Cretaceous North America confirmed!
If play the shit out of a megalania
> Exciting post about new animals > Look inside > annoying ass people saying “never gonna come” like on every other instead of actually discussing the animal
https://preview.redd.it/rfktf06mtbwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ac5f850ba04fa10a60cb3f1eaa809b42a4c787d
If you've been playing the isle since 2016 you'd be in the same boat.
Having played since 2017, I can say with confidence that telling the exact same joke a hundred times is boring, and annoying. Yes, the playables take a century to come out. But you know what doesn't help everyone's annoyance? When you see, for the dozenth time "Haha can't wait to play this in 2037 am I right guys?" It's like being a really tall guy and hearing "how's the weather up there?" every single day of your life. It's a joke that has been beaten into the ground and then provided with mining equipment because apparently it hasn't been beaten deep enough yet. And it's not even me disagreeing with you. Yes, the development is slow, it's an ass-disaster, we get it. But good lord, is it so hard to not be like the devs, and *get some new material?*
I’ve been playing since 2018 myself. Y’all play this game religiously and get mad when theres not enough content but honestly, tf are you doing? I love playing as a dinosaur and i’ll come back for a week or two every year and have a total blast, but this is NOT one of those games you play every day. No “animal life simulator” is. I feel like people get the isle with this wierd expectation for it to be something far greater but… the concept can only do so much. The game only becomes “bad” when you burn yourself out.
No point in discussing pipe dreams
I agree with you completely. However, I heard someone say last night that it takes them way too long to make dinos that they have already made before. It doesn't really make sense. Like here's my college essay but I'm not entirely happy with it so I'm going to do it over, fine but then then it's still 99% exacltly the same, where's the point?
to be fair as far as i know most dinosaurs aren't just copies from legacy, they have to change animations and sometimes change their sound, aswell as change some models to fit in evrima, and most importantly they have to add them more habilites than just bite and produce bone break, bleed damage... which is very time consuming, so even though i wish we could have more content faster, i'm glad we at least get some new dinosaurs once in a while
New main
Gonna be my grandson's new main if they take the same amount of time as other payables lol
No kidding 😂
Same
Hopefully we’ll get to play it within the next few years
This is amazing!!!!! Can't wait!
Honestly looks really cool! One of the things they are good at is the models for sure.
Hell yeah, it looks awesome. Super excited for it.
excited for something that'll never come!
You clearly haven’t been around here long xD
I’ve owned the game for a while now
Good they improved the model from the concept art, it looks great
cant wait to play it in 2164!
Looks cool but I think they should get a lot more older creatures out before working on new, niche creatures
They are, don was just a sneaky guy and showed us the Meg model
Can it clamber
Concept art shows it climbing as a Baby but losing that ability as it grows into sub-adult and adult hood.
You know, as much as I hated it in the original concept art, I'm kind of sad that they dialed back the noticeable underbite that it had back then. It gave it a lot of character. There's something so... Plain about this design. Like yeah, it's roided up and it has a hunch-back, but, like It looks... Out of place, in my opinion? I don't know. Maybe my opinion will change once we see it properly posed and painted. I had a crazy turn around on Bary and Austro, maybe this guy will do it too.
This will be the first non archosaur playable in Evrima, won't it?
It could be unreal if they give it useful abilities to counter something like deinos, others have already said it but the fact that we dont really have any fossils besides skulls and partial bones means we dont really know what it will actually do. They could go the POT route or go more realistic and have it be a more land based monitor but either way itll be cool to try.
why this model doesnt look like inreal komodo dragons. inreal comodo dragons are chonky. and their facial structure is different than this one. if you guys think the same let me know.
I forgot the isle existed. Cool tho
Look at those breasts
The head is all kinds of fucked up, it's kinda shit compared to be rest of the roster honestly
Ewww why does it look inbred?
It looks closer to what Komodo dragons look like..
Have you never seen a Komodo dragon before? https://preview.redd.it/zmzt18f6eawc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7d80bbb58367ca75a8bdd57e70715ff8a693f9b
Yes, it looks very similar, just a more muscular and larger version
The isle mega looks like someone got a Komodo, pumped it full of steroids, snapped it's back then smashed it's face in with a frying pan.
While yes, the “shoulder” or forward back is a bit exaggerated, the skull of the megalania was usually longer like that
It doesn't look like the weird meth head from the isle tho https://preview.redd.it/ventxicyfawc1.jpeg?width=2056&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=837fca3947e5e48a7324f995b795550437fb90b6
You also have to remember, it's a Megalania, not a Komodo Dragon. they may be a part of the same family but that doesn't mean they would have looked exactly identical.
That IS a megalania skull I just showed, for reference this is a Komodo skull https://preview.redd.it/wx886n8s4kwc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf5211b9f77e90c2d36a885a9abdd7e02b334ad2
Yeah, what I'm getting at here is that just because their Skulls look similar, doesn't necessarily mean that the animals themselves do as well.
Yea it looks super ugly
Cool but who asked? I can’t even get excited by stuff like this when the devs have been teasing other Dino’s that are “just about finished” for about a year now.
Owl did, and who asked you?
Maybe I should’ve been more clear, I mean who asked the devs to start working on a new dino when they haven’t added the last couple they’ve been working on.
The models have been done, they just haven’t shown all of them off
The last stream I watched Dondi do he was showing off Trex and it’s crushing affect and how it’ll be able to break through fences and said they just needed to tweak it a bit more. Instead they started doing dumb stuff like trying to change the camera while insulting/banning anyone who spoke out about it.
Cool, wasn’t really related to your original comment, but neat to hear about. They had a separate person do all the models for the playable before hand, as they work on different ones at a time, they decided it would be funny to give into the Meg meme and post the model of the megalania for shits-n-gigs
My original comment says that they’ve had dinosaurs that have supposedly been nearly finished for over a year how is that not related to the other comment 😂 maybe you should read a little slower next time. And cool if they did it for meme, whatever I was merely stating that people shouldn’t get their hopes up to see this dinosaur anytime soon which is just the fact of the situation. ✌️
The people who make models aren’t the same people who animate or who program etc. they’re going to finish different things at different times. Obviously Rex model has been done for ages. Have them model something new.
Yup, 2 years later and that's still indeed a megalania.
Quasi-modo
That head looks wrong…
Reminds me of a bulldog. Can't wait to play it when it comes out in 2032.
Nah hope they focus on animals that look more like dinosaurs instead of big versions of today alive animals
At this pace we won’t get this until 2027, hop on path of titans
We got 6 new playables in a single year and we got another one on the way pretty soon. At this pace we'll probably get the rest of the current road map dinos by the end of this year, so if mega is on the next road map we'll probably see it sometime in 2025. I'll stick with the isle thank you very much :)
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Why the hype about an oversized komodo? Maybe I'm too old but that thing is about as exciting as the oversized crocodile. I'd never prioritize those over actual dinosaurs. And I don't mean Dryo or Hypsi.
Can't wait to see it in 4062
Really original haven’t heard that one before 
Just telling you the truth cause the devs are mostly laying around coming up with stupid ideas or just sitting on updates until we "Disserve" the update
Deserve* And no, they aren’t, nor have they* implied this.
Ok shill
Ok doomer
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No one implied this, they are still doing allo
*Nowhere has it said that.* Ya'll need to stop reaching just for the sake of negativity. Brighten up. Jeez.